Garment



W. S. HERRON AND F. W. THOMAS.

GARMENT. APPLIC ATION FILED JAN. 10, 1921.

Patented May 24,1921. ITEI 1 INVENTUR WMA WW '1,3'7S,S63., v i I Applicationfiled January 10, 1921. Serial Np. 436,051, I n

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"To all whom it mayconcem:

Beit known that W6, WARREN, Hem-614+,

and F ANK W; THOMAS, citizens of the United States, and residents of Centerville, StI-Joseph county, Michigan, and Toledo, Lucascounty, Ohlo,respectively,lhave made an Invention :Appe'rtainingto Garments;

and we do hereby declare the following to bea full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such asfwill enable others skilled and use the same, reference being had to the "in' the art to which it ap'p'ertains to make accompanyingdrawings, and to the charac-Q ters of reference marked' thereon, which;

form a part of this specification.

' and particularly to sleeping and other loose fore attaching-the dropflap'thereto. f Referring to the ,drawings, 1 designates:

fitting garments of fla seats.- o I The object of the invention is to im rove 1 on the cut and form of garments 0 this the .type having dropclass whereby the seat may have the desired' aspect, it. is capable of embodiment .in differentforms, a preferred embodiment thereof-is illustrated in'the accompanying drawings, in which,-.-" f v Figurel is a rear yiew on, sleeping garment embodying the invention. ig. 2 is an enlarged central section thereofonthe line 22 in Fig.1}; Fig. '3 is a' fragmentary rear elevation of the garment with the drop-flap in open position, and Fig. 4"is a similar viewo'f the arment as it appears'be a sleeping garment,in'the present instance,

of the type made from cloth tubing and hav j ingthe legs 2 thereof formedby cutting 9,. V-shaped strip from'the lower end of a'tubing sectionand ithen sewing the open edges,

as well understood in theart In fol f nmg' the legs in this 'manner, *no gussets are I customarilyemployed'in'the crotch to pro-fvide fullness in the seas; In carrying out the present; in

slit 3 '(Fig.;4)-ia"shoi t distance above the crotch and extending across the, back. I This slit is out ona curve struck from apointbe Specification of Letters Patent.

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This invention relates-to wearing the fol-- timion, the back of the garment is provided with a cross Patented May 24, 1921.

low the crotch so that the upper free edge of the seat flan t is preferable that the base or fold line of the flap 4, which line is indi cated by the dotted line 5,- in Fig. 4, is extended cross-wise .of the garment ata point slightly above the crotch. I

4 formed therebyis of con' A I The drop-flap 6 for the seat opening has its lower edge of convexed form to 'corre- J spond to the convexity of the flap l and is sewed or attached at such edge to the edge of the flap 4 so that when the-latter flap is" turnedjdown.the drop-flap will extendup w ward therefrom in substantiallyfiat form, as b shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The upper free edge of the dro -flap is buttoned across'the bovetheslit 3 in a position v whichwillallow the flap t'tohang down thereby'providing considerablefullness in" the seat. The drop-flap 6 may be broader than the length of the slitand in such case 1 the lower side'edge portions of the dropflap, which extend beyond the ends of the garment back a slit 3, are sewed to the adjacent upper edge portions of the slit, as shown in Fig. 3.

It is evident that with our invention fullness'may be provided in an easy and inexsleeping garments, overalls, jumpers and the like, and obviates the use in the crotch of gussets for such purpose. Y

- We wish it understood that. our'invention .is not limited to any s ecific, construction,

form or arrangement 0 the parts, nor to its use m=connect1on with a garment made from cloth tubing, as'it is capable ofnumerous changes without departing from the spirit of the claims.

Having thus, described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure .by Letters Patent, is,-

13A garment having a seatkfiap and a "drop-flap with convexed edges secured to each other to provide fullness.

2. A, garment having above'its crotch a seat-flap withan upper convex edge, and a drop-flap provided with a lower convex edge attached to the f'convexedge of the'seat-flap to provide fullness. V

. 3. A garment of the class described, hav- I ing 'i an upwardly curved transverse slit across its back-forming a seat-flap with an upper convex edge, and a drop-flap having a lower convex edge attached to the convex edge of the seat-flap to provide fullness.

4. A garment of the class described, having an upwardly curved transverse slit across its back above the crotch and forming a seat-flap with an upper convex edge, such flap normally hanging downward, and a drop-flap having a lower convexed edge attached to the convexed edge of the seat- 10 flap and adapted to have its upper edge re- ]easably attached to the garment back above the slit.

In testimony whereof, we have hereunto signed our names to this specification.

\VARREN S. HERRON. FRANK W. THOMAS. 

